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Recaro 197 seats in a mk2



robmuns

ClioSport Club Member
  Ph1 172
Took alot of messing about but finally got my 197 seats fitted how I want them.

I wanted a lower seating position than standard so they needed alot of adapting to get them low enough.

Ended up chopping up the 197 recaro frames and welding them onto universal seat rails which then bolt onto Jon foz subframes.

Seating position is now spot on for me and they tilt forward and slide back and forth nicely picture below shows the height difference compared to the standard passenger seat which has the spacers under the seat removed.

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And a few pictures with both fitted to the car

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And a few pictures of the mounts before they got painted..

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cliocollins

ClioSport Club Member
  ITB's RB & F56 jCW
Looks factory that. Great work. Racing Blue seatbelts next?

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Chris V6 255

ClioSport Club Member
  V6 255, 182 Trophy
Looks great! Would love a set of them in my V6 [emoji1303]


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robmuns

ClioSport Club Member
  Ph1 172
Looks factory that. Great work. Racing Blue seatbelts next?

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Cheers! Not sure on having too much racing blue in the interior, already painted the door pulls black as the blue was abit much ?

Great job! I've always loved the look of those seats. Can you still see over the steering wheel? :p

Haha just about.. I'm over 6 foot but any shorter and they'd need raising up a little for sure
 

Daz...

ClioSport Club Member
  Inferno 182 Cup
Do you have to write off the back seats when these are installed?
 

robmuns

ClioSport Club Member
  Ph1 172
They look a bit lower than mine are, but I'm a short arse and they suit me fine. So much more comfortable than standard seats. View attachment 1429225View attachment 1429226

They look really well fitted! And yeah they hold you in so much better too, I'm paranoid about getting in and out of atm as the bolsters have no wear on them but I can see how easy it is to wear them as they are very high!

Do you have to write off the back seats when these are installed?

No difference in rear leg room really, just need to slide the seat forward before tilting as you lose the mechanism that does both to get them to fit
 

Clio_fool

ClioSport Club Member
They look really well fitted! And yeah they hold you in so much better too, I'm paranoid about getting in and out of atm as the bolsters have no wear on them but I can see how easy it is to wear them as they are very high!



No difference in rear leg room really, just need to slide the seat forward before tilting as you lose the mechanism that does both to get them to fit
Yeah I tend to fall into it with a sort of fosbury flop type move??.
 

davo172

ClioSport Club Member
  TCR'd 172
Took alot of messing about but finally got my 197 seats fitted how I want them.

I wanted a lower seating position than standard so they needed alot of adapting to get them low enough.

Ended up chopping up the 197 recaro frames and welding them onto universal seat rails which then bolt onto Jon foz subframes.

Seating position is now spot on for me and they tilt forward and slide back and forth nicely picture below shows the height difference compared to the standard passenger seat which has the spacers under the seat removed.

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And a few pictures with both fitted to the car

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And a few pictures of the mounts before they got painted..

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Best seats ever ?top work mate looks factory!
 

Cookson

ClioSport Club Member
  Mk1 Audi TT 3.2 V6
They look absolutely spot on. Well done sir.

Are these the same as standard Corsa VXR seats?
 

robmuns

ClioSport Club Member
  Ph1 172
This is definitely on my to-do list! Thank you for the photos of the rails too, spot on.

Do they slide forwards and back or in a fixed position?

No worries! yep slide forward and back..

All the way back (seat hits the rear bench and you'd have to have legs like a basket ball player to need them this far back)

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All the way forward

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And tilted for rear seat access

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VenomUK

ClioSport Club Member
  Clio 172
Does anyone know if the MK3 Recaro CS seats can be fitted into a MK2 Megane?
 


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